Music-roll cabinet



T. l. DEANl MUSIC ROLL CABINET Filed Sept. `11

75 z5 zz .12 Z0 mf sT f ' THOMAS I. DEAN, GF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 GEORG-ETA.

LEYARE, OF HAMBURG, NEXV YORK. i

MUSIC-ROLL CABINET.

Application filed September 11, 1922. Serial No. 587,322.

To all whom t may concern: v

Be it known that I.y THoMAs` I. DEAN, a subject of the King of England, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Music-Roll Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cabinet which is particularly adapted for receiving the music rolls of player pianos and other automatic musical instruments.

Its objects are to provide a cabinet of this character which is simple and inexpensive in construction, which is capable of holding a maximum number of rolls in a minimum space. and which will firmly hold the rolls in a tightly-rolled condition and at the same time permit their ready removal and replacement.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a` vertical longitudinal section of a cabinet constructed in accordance with my invention. Figure 2 is a horizontal section thereof on line 2-2, Fig. 1, one of the rolls being removed from its holders. Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section on line 3--3, 'Fig 2.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

By way of example, the invention is shown in connection with a piano bench 10 supported on legs 1.1 and provided with a compartment 12 openV at its top and normally closed by a hinged lid 13 forming the seat of the bench. The compartment is made of the proper width and depth to serve as a holder or receptacle for the music rolls 14 which are arranged in horizontal rows or tiers.

Arranged horizontally in the lower portion of the bench compartment 12 is a row or tier of the music rolls, each of which is preferably supported on an lindividual base or strip 15 arranged transversly of said compartment and suitably secured upon the fixed bottom 16 of the bench. As shown in Fig. 1, these bases are equally spaced lengthwise of the bench bottom and the series extends from end to end thereof. Located above this lower tier of the music rolls, is another tier supported on similar bases 17 mounted on a longitudinally-movable slide or Carrier 18 guided in horizontal ways or Vgrooves 19' formed in the opposing side walls ofthe bench-compartment. This slide is shorter than said compartment, say about half as long, so that it can be moved back and forth to expose the lower tier of rolls. In the position of the slide shown by full lines in Fig. 1, those rolls located in the left half of the compartment are exposed to permit their insertion and removal, while in the dotted line position of the slide shown in the same ligure, the rolls in the right half of the compartment are exposed.

The preferred means for mounting each roll on its base consist of a pair of spring clips 2O located near opposite ends of the base and snugly embracing the roll. The

clips are open at their upper ends to permit the ready insertion and removal of the rolls with little effort and to facilitate the insertion of the rolls, the upper ends of the cliparms are curved outwardly, as shown at 21. Each clip is preferably provided with a closed and contracted base-portion Y22 .of

substantially U-form.which is seated in a longitudinal groove 23 formed in the upper side of the corresponding base 15. A screw 24 or similar fastening passing through the web or horizontal base-portion of each clip serves to secure the same to its base. By tightly fitting the rectangular lower portions of the clips in the grooves of the bases 15 takes place adjacent to the upper edges of the groove-walls where said arms are curved and not liable to break, insteadof at the sharply-bent bottom corners of the clip7 where breakage would soon occur if the base-portion of the clip were not restrained by such walls or abutments. The clips will therefore remain intact and retain their tension for a considerable time, thus reliably holding the music rolls in place.

The spring clips are made to hold the smallest rolls and will eXpand to receive the largest ones. The clips can be cheaply formed from a single strip of metal.

The cabinet, While forming a neat and compact receptacle for a comparatively large number of music rolls, is very convenient in use, and on account of its simplicity can be produced at a relatively low cost.

I claim as my invention: l

l. In a music roll cabinet, a support having a groove in its upper side, and a spring clip 'adapted to embrace a music roll and having a contracted base portion seated in said groove, the side-members of said baseportion bearing against the Walls of said groove.

2. In a music roll cabinet, a support having a groove in its upper side, a spring-clip open at its top to receive a music roll and having a substantially U-shaped base-portion seated in said groove, the sideemembers or said base-portion bearing with their flat backs against the walls of said grooves, and means passing through the cross bar of said base portion for fastening the latter in said groove.

THOMAS I. DEAN. 

